The Elephant in the Room: Employees May be Gone During Coronavirus but Harassment and Discrimination Remain
By March 23, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had ground the economy nearly to a halt, people were (and still are) terrified.
EEOC Releases Fiscal 2019 Charge Statistics
This massive settlement illustrates the depth of issues a business can face when it allows discrimination and harassment to exist in its organization.
UA Pilot Posts Explicit Coworker Photos: Costs Airline $321,000
This massive settlement illustrates the depth of issues a business can face when it allows discrimination and harassment to exist in its organization.
“In My Day” – Inflammatory Age-Based Statements Unacceptable
This massive settlement illustrates the depth of issues a business can face when it allows discrimination and harassment to exist in its organization.
Illinois Sexual Harassment Training will now be Required: What does an Employer do?
Last week the Illinois General Assembly approved legislation that would require all employers in that state to conduct mandatory sexual harassment training. If signed into law by Illinois Governor Pritzker, this law would take effect on July 1, 2020 and would be the most comprehensive of its kind in the country. Given the substantial implications […]
New York Seeks to Expand Sexual Harassment Laws
In 2018, New York enacted sweeping legislation requiring employers to train nearly all employees that work in that State. While it is likely employers are still scrambling to meet these new requirements, the 2019 legislative session shows no signs of New York slowing down its efforts to eradicate offensive behavior from its workplaces. Lawmakers […]
Examining the Effectiveness of Harassment Training
Much ink has been spilled debating the effectiveness of legalistic (and formulaic) anti-harassment training. Nearly everyone agrees that grouping employees in a room with a 1980’s era VCR/television combination unit and playing a video recorded by a corporate lawyer with little or no training on preventive practice is the wrong way to conduct harassment training, […]
Remaining Cognizant of Harassment by Non-Employees
Few areas of harassment training draw more confusion than cases involving third parties. Employers are left wondering what they can, and should, be doing to protect their employees from harassment that originates via contact with those outside the organization. Hewitt vs. BS Transportation, a recent case decided in the United States District Court for the […]